Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.59% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Semafo Inc . (TO:SMF), which rose 6.85% or 0.23 points to trade at 3.59 at the close. Teck Resources Ltd B (TO:TECKb) added 4.96% or 1.44 points to end at 30.50 and Aphria Inc (TO:APHA) was up 4.93% or 0.630 points to 13.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uni-Select Inc. (TO:UNS), which lost 22.68% or 4.37 points to trade at 14.90 in late trade. Fortuna Silver Mines Inc (TO:FVI) declined 7.90% or 0.43 points to end at 5.01 and Aritzia Inc (TO:ATZ) shed 7.86% or 1.41 points to 16.52.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 716 to 389 and 110 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 6.03% to 13.25 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.26% or 3.55 to $1341.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.42% or 0.80 to hit $57.25 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $67.16 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.7591, while CAD/EUR unchanged 0.00% to 0.6692.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 96.395.